TOBACCO USE AND BODY MASS INDEX AMONG ADULT POPULATION IN SELECTED URBAN AREA OF AGARTALA CITY- A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 4
Abstract
BACKGROUND Smoking is responsible for large number of premature deaths in India. Smokeless tobacco is also addictive and associated with development of risk of cancer of head and neck, oesophagus, stomach and pancreas besides many oral diseases. The objective of this study is to assess the pattern of tobacco use and association of tobacco use with BMI in adult population. MATERIALS AND METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted among 150 adult population. Multistage random sampling technique was used for individual selection and data was collected using structured interview schedule. RESULTS Nearly eighty seven percent (86.7%) knew that tobacco use can cause cancer. It was found that 30.0% smokes only and 66.0% used smokeless form of tobacco. Among non-smokers, 3.3% used khaini, 12.0% used zarda, 8.0% used tobacco with betel leaf and 50.0% used tobacco in multiple forms. It was found that smokers had higher proportion of lower BMI (62.5%) compared to smokeless tobacco users (37.5%), but proportion of normal weight was higher among smokeless tobacco users (73.3%) compared to smokers (p= 0.007). CONCLUSION Smokeless form of tobacco use was quite high in spite of having good knowledge and awareness. We recommend further study involving more subjects including rural and urban population.
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Shyamal Roy, Taranga Reang, Aman Kumar
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